Weekly Preview October 31-November 4

Thank you so much for taking time out of your busy schedule to meet with me. I enjoyed our time together. Your children are truly a blessing to me and I love spending time with them each day.

We are excited to be back to a full, five day week! The students are doing a great job with Daily Edit. They look forward to it daily and are doing a great job.

I am sending a Scholastic Book Order form in Monday's folder. If you are interested in ordering books for your child, please send the check in an envelope with the order by Friday, November 4. There are some great books in the order form. We have been studying about bats and there are a few non-fiction books that the students are enjoying in class, included on the order form.

I have downloaded words on Spelling City. Students may visit the blog to play games.

We have a busy week ahead of us. Here is a look at next week:

Reading - shortcuts: ing, ang, ong,ung,
ink, ank, unk, onk
"e" on the end (ex. cute,cane,huge, mule)
Math - Comparing and ordering numbers (less than, more than, before, after, between)
English - Nouns
Science - Solids
Bible - Josiah Memory Verse - Proverbs 3:6

Have a wonderful week!

Serving Him,
S. Etheredge

Weekly Preview October 24-28

Homecoming 2011

It has been an exciting week at the Friendly Frog Pad!  Along with the daily excitement of dress-up days, we got to experience our first pep rally on Monday.  I think my ears are still ringing from all of the screaming!  The students loved it!  I hope that you enjoy the pictures.  

Just a reminder that students will not attend school Friday, October 28.  However, I look forward to seeing you at school for Teacher-Parent Conferences.  Thank you for arranging your schedule to meet with me.

Although it will be another short week for the students, we have big plans.  Here is a look at next week:

Reading - ar, or, ir, ur, er

English - Nouns

Math - Place Value (tens and ones)

Science - Liquids

Bible - Josiah       Memory Verse  Proverbs 3:5

Bundle up and have a marvelous weekend!!

Love,

Mrs. Etheredge

Weekly Preview October 17-21

Ahna'a Angels Holiday Market

What a marvelous Ahna’s Angels concert!  The students did a great job.  Their precious voices are such a blessing!  Thank you for coming to hear us!

Please, please encourage your child to review High Frequency Words nightly.  If your child doesn’t know a word, please make flashcards.  I am experiencing students who are having trouble reading the HFW words.  Remember, these words are not to be sounded out but to be memorized and read without hesitation.

Also, we are working hard on reading fluency.  Repeated readings are a good way to improve fluency and increase comprehension.  For this reason, I will occasionally send home short stories for repeated readings.  It is perfectly fine for students to read the same book several times.  

Students are doing a fabulous job with our calendar math.  It is amazing how much learning occurs during our calendar math.  Students are learning so many skills and concepts from this 20-30 minute daily lesson.  The calendar math notebooks are a hit!  

Next week is HOMECOMING!  The students love to participate in the  special dress-up days.  Here is a look at each theme day:

Monday --Crayon Day: Dress in one color from top to bottom.

Tuesday -- Book Character Day: Dress as your favorite character from your favorite book.

Wednesday --Wear your regular uniform, crazy hair or crazy hat

Thursday --College Day: Wear uniform bottoms and your favorite college T-shirt.

Friday -- Homecoming Spirit Day:  Homecoming T-shirt or any Trinity shirt with jeans or uniform bottoms

The Homecoming parade will be at 11:15 Friday.  After the parade, we will come in the room to vote for our favorite float, then we will be dismissed for lunch with our parents. If you want to order the Wildcat lunch, please send your form by Tuesday, October 18. Sage will not be serving lunch that day, so you will need to bring your own lunch if you don't order for our picnic. 

Along with the excitement next week, we will have a full academic week.  Here is a look at our week:

Reading -- 2 for 1's (sh, ch, th, wh), drawing conclusions

Language -- telling sentences and asking sentences ;We will be starting our Daily Edit next week.  I will grade the paper, but I will not count it in my grade book.  We will use this first week as a practice. 

Math -- fact families, ordinal numbers

Science -- liquids

Bible -- Joseph              memory verse: review

Blessings!

S. Etheredge

Upcoming Week October 10-14

Wow!  Can you believe how quickly the month of October is filling up?  There are so many exciting events happening in October.  The second nine weeks will begin Tuesday.  This is hard to believe.

Don’t forget that Ahna’s Angels sing Thursday, October 13.  You may want to purchase your ticket in advance.  We are thrilled to be taking the BIG BUSES!  That is a trip within itself!!

Next week is a short week.  Therefore, I will be sending spelling words home on Friday.

Homecoming week is rapidly approaching.  Please be sure to click here to find out about all of the exciting activities.  Friday, October 21, is a half day and we will dismiss after the Homecoming Parade.

Here is a look at our short week next week:

Reading - ack, ick, eck, ock, uck; classification/classifying

English - Punctuation

Math - Subtraction

Science - Solids and Liquids

Bible - Jacob    Memory Verse Genesis 28:15

Please encourage your child to read the HFW, story words, and decodable words listed on the weekly homework sheet.  It is a great idea to make flashcards with the words that your child doesn’t know.  Please review them nightly.

Save the date:  October 28, Parent Conference Day; details coming soon

Have a marvelous weekend!